RB Leipzig keen to keep Everton's Ademola Lookman following loan

35 weeks ago

RB Leipzig are keen on making Ademola Lookman's loan move from Everton permanent in the summer, according to their sporting director Ralf Rangnick.

The 20-year-old English winger is due to return to Merseyside in July, but Rangnick says he would be willing to discuss terms with the English Premier League club and the England Under-21 international after being impressed by what he has seen of him.

"If it were only up to us, then I would already know the answer," Rangnick told Kicker magazine when asked if he would like to keep Lookman. "But it's not only up to us – there's no option in his contract. We'll have to see what happens in the summer, and it also depends on what happens at Everton."

Lookman has three years left to run on his contract with the Toffees, although his opportunities in their first team were limited in the first half of the season, when he started only once and came on six times in the Premier League.